A pilot of a VMFAT 101 F/A-18C Hornet prepares to depart from Long Beach Airport, California.
Marine Fighter Attack Training Squadron 101 ( VMFAT-101 ) is a U.S. Marine Corps F/A-18 Hornet training squadron. The squadron is stationed at Marine Corps Air Station Miramar, California and is under the command of Marine Aircraft Group 11 (MAG-11) and the 3rd Marine Aircraft Wing (3rd MAW).
I took this photo on Sunday, October 14, 2012. During the same weekend, the airshow at Miramar took place. I visited this airshow on Saturday, October 13, 2012.
I am Jaap van den Berg and photography has become a great passion of mine since 2010. Since then I travel all over the world to take pictures of military aircrafts. But besides aircraft I also love to photograph other subjects like landscapes, architecture, flowers, animals, .. Read more…